Created: Sep 22, 2024 04:00 PM Mark Greisiger, president of NetDiligence (File photograph) A surge in business e-mail compromises has placed a growing financial burden on small and medium-sized enterprises, according to a new report by NetDiligence, the cyber risk readiness and response services company. The US-based organisation’s 14th annual …
Read More »New Cyber Security and Resilience Bill announced in King’s Speech, Ralie Belcheva
In the week that saw one of the world’s biggest IT outages, apparently caused by a cyber security firm no-less, a new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill was announced in the UK. The bill was set out in the King’s Speech on Wednesday last week (or, to be more precise, …
Read More »Senior claims blackmail after e-mail account hacked – The Royal Gazette
Created: Aug 09, 2023 08:02 AM Police say they have investigated hundreds of scams this year (File Image) A 73-year-old woman has said a hacker tried to blackmail her by threatening to flood her Facebook contacts with pornographic images after getting hold of her One Communications Northrock password. Amanda Whayman, …
Read More »WH Smith Cyberattack: Cyber attack plagues WH Smith, hackers access employees data
High street retailer WH Smith has stated that there was cyber attack targeting company’s key employment data. The retail major said that hackers have accessed data containing information pertaining to current and former employees, according to a Sky News report. However, the company has assured that customer accounts and customer …
Read More »Royal Mail resumes international deliveries after cyber hack
Royal Mail said it had resumed overseas tracked and signed-for services to all destinations for online customers after the cyber attack by ransomware gang Lockbit, which has links to Russia. The carrier, owned by International Distribution Services, said it had “made further progress in exporting an increasing number of items …
Read More »Russia-linked hackers ‘behind Royal Mail attack’
13 January 2023, 13:59 Royal Mail told customers to stop submitting any export items into the network. Picture: Getty A hacker group with ties to Russia was behind this week’s cyber attack on Royal Mail, it has been revealed. The incident, which has paralysed Royal Mail’s Worldwide Distribution Centre in …
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